1: Nat Genet. 2008 Jan;40(1):29-31. Epub 2007 Dec 16.Click here to read Links

Genetic variation in DPP6 is associated with susceptibility to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Department of Neurology, Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht 3584 CX, The Netherlands.

We identified a SNP in the DPP6 gene that is consistently strongly associated with susceptibility to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in different populations of European ancestry, with an overall P value of 5.04 x 10(-8) in 1,767 cases and 1,916 healthy controls and with an odds ratio of 1.30 (95% confidence interval (CI) of 1.18-1.43). Our finding is the first report of a genome-wide significant association with sporadic ALS and may be a target for future functional studies.

PMID: 18084291 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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